Experimental Study of a Tilt Single Slope Solar Still Integrated with Aluminum Condensate Plate
The low freshwater productivity of a conventional solar still is considered a challenge for researchers due to the high temperature of the glass cover or basin water depth. In current work, a newly designed solar still was suggested according to the climatic conditions of Yekaterinburg/Russia, which...
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| author | Naseer T. Alwan Milia H. Majeed Sergey E. Shcheklein Obed M. Ali Seepana PraveenKumar |
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| description | The low freshwater productivity of a conventional solar still is considered a challenge for researchers due to the high temperature of the glass cover or basin water depth. In current work, a newly designed solar still was suggested according to the climatic conditions of Yekaterinburg/Russia, which included an enhanced condensation and evaporation process by spraying a thin water film on a hot absorber plate and then passing the generated water vapor by free convection over the aluminum plate (low temperature). The distillation system under study was tested during July 2020 and 29 July was chosen as a typical day from 08:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The results showed that the largest amount of water vapor condenses on the aluminum plate (about 46%), and the rest condenses on the glass cover. This means that the aluminum plate effectively improved productivity due to the flow of humid air naturally (free convection) on the aluminum plate (its surface temperature was lower than that of the glass cover). The cost analytical calculations showed that the cost of producing one liter of distilled water from the suggested solar still was 0.063$. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f90fff50bb141ddad9c700678ebce362023-11-23T08:53:53ZengMDPI AGInventions2411-51342021-11-01647710.3390/inventions6040077Experimental Study of a Tilt Single Slope Solar Still Integrated with Aluminum Condensate PlateNaseer T. Alwan0Milia H. Majeed1Sergey E. Shcheklein2Obed M. Ali3Seepana PraveenKumar4Department of Nuclear and Renewable Energy, Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin, 19 Mira St., 620002 Yekaterinburg, RussiaDepartment of Nuclear and Renewable Energy, Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin, 19 Mira St., 620002 Yekaterinburg, RussiaDepartment of Nuclear and Renewable Energy, Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin, 19 Mira St., 620002 Yekaterinburg, RussiaRenewable Energy Research Unit, Northern Technical University, Kirkuk 36001, IraqDepartment of Nuclear and Renewable Energy, Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin, 19 Mira St., 620002 Yekaterinburg, RussiaThe low freshwater productivity of a conventional solar still is considered a challenge for researchers due to the high temperature of the glass cover or basin water depth. In current work, a newly designed solar still was suggested according to the climatic conditions of Yekaterinburg/Russia, which included an enhanced condensation and evaporation process by spraying a thin water film on a hot absorber plate and then passing the generated water vapor by free convection over the aluminum plate (low temperature). The distillation system under study was tested during July 2020 and 29 July was chosen as a typical day from 08:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The results showed that the largest amount of water vapor condenses on the aluminum plate (about 46%), and the rest condenses on the glass cover. This means that the aluminum plate effectively improved productivity due to the flow of humid air naturally (free convection) on the aluminum plate (its surface temperature was lower than that of the glass cover). The cost analytical calculations showed that the cost of producing one liter of distilled water from the suggested solar still was 0.063$.https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5134/6/4/77a tilt single slope solar stillaluminum condensate plateabsorbent plate |
| spellingShingle | Naseer T. Alwan Milia H. Majeed Sergey E. Shcheklein Obed M. Ali Seepana PraveenKumar Experimental Study of a Tilt Single Slope Solar Still Integrated with Aluminum Condensate Plate Inventions a tilt single slope solar still aluminum condensate plate absorbent plate |
| title | Experimental Study of a Tilt Single Slope Solar Still Integrated with Aluminum Condensate Plate |
| title_full | Experimental Study of a Tilt Single Slope Solar Still Integrated with Aluminum Condensate Plate |
| title_fullStr | Experimental Study of a Tilt Single Slope Solar Still Integrated with Aluminum Condensate Plate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experimental Study of a Tilt Single Slope Solar Still Integrated with Aluminum Condensate Plate |
| title_short | Experimental Study of a Tilt Single Slope Solar Still Integrated with Aluminum Condensate Plate |
| title_sort | experimental study of a tilt single slope solar still integrated with aluminum condensate plate |
| topic | a tilt single slope solar still aluminum condensate plate absorbent plate |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5134/6/4/77 |
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